Agenda
Day One | Wednesday | 27 May
7.50
Registration open and light refreshments provided
8.30
Welcome to Country
8.50
Chairperson’s Introduction
Thelma Schwartz, Executive Director Legal, Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service (QIFVLS)
9.00
Opening Keynote: Forging a path of justice and unity for our Country
Join one of Australia’s leading changemakers, Stan Grant, as he talks to us about paving the way for our next generation with love and respect for one another and the collective strength to continue to fight for our communities and advocate for our culture, our way of life and our identity.
Stan Grant, Journalist, Author, Moral philosopher, Thinker, Film maker and Communicator
Changemakers in Action
10.00
Creating change in policy, planning and law: The national picture
Join Kerry Staines, CEO of FNAAFV as she unpacks the national developments in policy and law reform towards culturally safe and holistic responses to domestic and family violence in First Nations communities.
Kerry Staines, Chief Executive Officer, First Nations Advocates Against Family Violence (FNAAFV)
10.30
From lived experience to systems change: Strengthening healing and advocacy
Connecting communities to create change
Creating cultural change in the way domestic and family violence is understood and responded to
Drawing on lived experience, collective leadership and trauma informed practice
Yasmin Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, Maburra Collective Inc.
11.00
Morning tea
11.40
Panel: Empowering women, children and families: A human rights perspective
Helping families with proactive and preventative measures
Solutions that are grounded in culture and guided by community
Advocating for recognition of institutional barriers to advance human rights in community
Tahlia-Rose Vanissum, Strategic Director, First Nations Advocates Against Family Violence (FNAAFV)
Aletia Twist, Chief Executive Officer, Mura Koser
Jordyn Flagg, Manager, Community Strengthening, Wathaurong Aboriginal Corporation
Candice Hughes, Principal Solicitor, YFS Legal
12.30
Yarning Circles
A: U Right Sis? Empowering NT communities to identify and respond to technology-facilitated abuse: Join this yarn to hear about ‘U Right Sis?’ A primary prevention program bringing together specialist DFSV services and Aboriginal community-controlled organisations to educate First Nations women and young people on tech-facilitated abuse.
Rachel Neary, Women, Children and Family Violence Practice Lead, North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency
B: Yarning for Change: Indigenous trauma informed responses to violence: This culturally safe session is designed to empower and strengthen responses to domestic, family & sexual violence through, culturally safe, Indigenous trauma-informed training, community-centered approaches to supporting survivors and practical skills to enhance workforce capacity.
Marnie Davis, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Learning and Development Lead, Women up North Housing
C: Coercive control in a cultural context: Join this yarn to hear how Lena Passi Women's Shelter and WorkUP Queensland are working together with community to develop resources for safer communities in t he Torres Strait.
Rona Scherer, Senior Lead, Mamu – Kuku Yalanji, WorkUP Queensland
Theresa Kellett, Senior Project Officer, WorkUP Queensland
Georgina Binjuda, Manager, Lena Passi Women’s Shelter
Julia Yorkston, Project Officer, Lena Passi Women’s Shelter
D: Weaving session: Join this weaving session to connect with culture and one another as you explore a traditional practice that also serves as a mode of informal counselling.
1.30
Lunch
2.35
Concurrent sessions
** Attendees can move between the sessions listed under the two streams **
From Harm to Healing
2.35
Ripples of healing: Individual change, collective strength
Tracing the journey from individual harm to collective restoration
Georgina Ambrum, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Founding Practice Lead and Trainer – Domestic and Family Violence, Heart Based
3.05
BIRD - Believe Inquire Respond Disclose
Exploring an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander evidence based and led culturally responsive trauma informed training for skills development
Michael Currie, Mulunjali/ Yugembeh/ Bundjalung Man, Director of Sector Engagement and Innovation, SNAICC - National Voice for our Children
Beck Blore, Anaiwan Woman, Project Officer Sector Engagement and Innovation, SNAICC - National Voice for our Children
3.35
Afternoon tea
System Reform
4.05
From punitive pathways to healing journeys
Exploring the continuum of harm when local and state responses fail to address root causes
Centring Aboriginal lived experience and leadership
Reimagining systems that move from control to care
Christine Thomas, Chief Executive Officer, Cygnet Centre for Peace Building and Transformation
Murray Benton, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak (QATSICPP)
4.45
The need to rebuild Indigenous housing with community-led approaches
Understanding stable housing as central to healthy families and communities
Exploring the intersection of DFV and housing and homelessness
The need for system reform in housing to address the social determinants of health and wellbeing
Zachariah Matysek, Chief Executive Officer, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Association
5.15
Chairperson closing comments
5.25
Community Social Gathering
Join us as we unwind and connect in a relaxed setting. You can enjoy entertainment, food and drinks as you yarn with one another about the inspiration derived from the day.